The title of this blog is "Think Thin."   Thin to one person is not the same as thin to another.  Having a healthy body weight should be our goal rather than striving to be "thin."  However, it pleases me to look for clothes in the sizes on the end of the rack with single digits.  

Trite as it may sound to say we are what we eat, we are what we eat.  And we voluntarily choose what we eat and therefore we choose how much we weigh and how healthy we are. 

How does one think thin?  The very first step is to become conscious of being conscious.  Many of us think and say "I am going to lose weight.  I am going to go on a diet.   I don't know how (fill in the blank) stays so thin.  I can't get in my clothes, I need to do something.  I can't eat that, it's not on my diet.  Tomorrow I will exercise to work off the cookies, the ice cream, the extra butter on the roll. The problem with these thoughts and statements is that the focus is not where it needs to be. 

Whatever you have already eaten is over and done with.  Yes, if you exercise, you will use up some of the calories.  However, there is no reason to beat yourself up about anything that has already gone down the esophagus.  Bless the food to your body's use and move on. 

What these kinds of thoughts and actions do is focus on the results and not on the actions that brought on the results.  Yes, a "diet" may work--usually temporarily.  Since our bodies have to have food regularly to keep operating the key is to be aware of what is going in and to make the conscious choice!  

A good place to observe eating behaviors is at a buffet.  With almost 100% accuracy you can look at the bodies and tell what the person is going to choose to eat.  The fatter people will be eating the gravy and mashed potatoes and the slimmer folks will be heading for the salad bar and the vegetables.  There really is no mystery here.  Follow the thin people.